Monday, September 28, 2009

Home Remedy for Nail Fungus

Do you have nail fungus problem? And still don’t know how to solve your problem? You have tried all the fungus medications without any result or the fungus always relapse. Have you ever tried home remedy for nail fungus? Home remedies for nail fungus might be you best solution for solve your problem.

Nail fungus Infection is called Onychomycosis in medical term. This could be such conditions as athlete’s foot and jock itch. Toe Nail fungus isn't the same as athlete's foot, which primarily affects the skin of the feet, but at times the two can be caused by the same type of fungus.

Toe nail fungus is more often affected than finger nail because toenails are warm and moist areas inside your shoes, where fungi can thrive. It can be picked up from public place such as swimming pools, public toilet, sweaty shoes or shower rooms.

Symptoms of nail fungus usually start as white or yellow spot under your finger nail or toenail, and then the fungus spread deeper into your nail, and may cause discolorations, rough surface of nail, thickening, brittleness and crumbling Of the nail.

Toe Nail Fungus is an embarrassing condition. People who have seen a fingernail or toenail damaged by fungal infection wants to avoid toe nail fungus. But most people always try to hide their nail fungus under nail polish or shoes. But actually this make the problem be worst, because toe nail fungus left untreated, it can spread to other nails and lead to painful infection problem. Toe nail fungus may be difficult to cure and infection may come back again.

Here are some home remedies for nail fungus that might help you to prevent or cure your nail fungus:

• Tea tree oil is active as natural antiseptic that helps fight the infection. Put some amount of tea tree oil on a cotton ball. Dab it on the affected toenails and nearby area 2 or 3 times a day.

• Mixture tea tree oil and lavender oil, dab on the infected toenails using cotton balls. Do it 3-4 times a day. Tea tree oil and lavender help fighting the fungus infection and prevent skin irritation and very effective in curing toenail fungus.

• Listerine mouthwash can be used as antiseptic to prevent a healthy toes nail, soak your toes nail in Listerine mouthwash.

• Mixture warm water and apple cider vinegar in equal proportion and soak toenails for 15 minutes, after that dry your toes properly.

• Garlic is a great way to fight with toenail fungus.

Nail fungus infection may be difficult to treat, recur is common. Treating nail fungus need to be patience because sometime can take some time to recover.
But hiding your nail under nail polish or shoes, just make the problem worst when it start to spread to your other nail and become the painful complication.

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